Can't without deleting annotation

[kevinpo]

So this has been bugging me for year. Why can we not not move items without all of the warning about how many annotative object have to be deleted? Yet I can nudge the heck out of it and eyeball to the new location and the objects remain.

This is supposed to be an accurate drawing platform; why do you make users go through this?

Come on AutoDesk you can do better..

[RSomppi]

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@kevinpo wrote:

This is supposed to be an accurate drawing platform

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Not really.

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@kevinpo wrote:

Why can we not not move items without all of the warning about how many annotative object have to be deleted?

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Would you rather not be warned about the impending doom of losing annotation?

Have you tried moving without "Disjoin" checked?

[SteveKStafford]

As mentioned by @RSomppi make sure the Disjoin option is disabled for the Move tool. Disjoin deletes and recreates the element involved in the move, in the new location, to break a relationship with any other elements (thus the word disjoin).

[handjonathan]

Hi @kevinpo 

Thanks a lot for posting your question to the forums!   Have the solutions suggested by @RSomppi @SteveKStafford helped with your issue?
 
We look forward to hearing back from you with more information so we can help you as a community! 

[seydauzun]

This problem is resolved in Revit 2024 for your info. I use align tool as a suggestion, when you move the elements with align rather then move, anno will be preserved.

[RSomppi]

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@seydauzun wrote:
This problem is resolved in Revit 2024 for your info. 

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How is that? AFAIK, there has been no change in this for years. It's expected behavior.

[seydauzun]

@RSomppi , this is our 2024 project in the video, and we do not lose dimensions. Is something wrong with us ? 😄

[RSomppi]

It has always worked like that, that's not new for 2024.

Now try it with the "Disjoin" button checked.

[seydauzun]

Not in previous versions

[RSomppi]

Did you check the disjoin button?

[RDAOU]

@seydauzun 

May I disagree with that statement? "Has been Resolved" ??  I believe Move, Drag, and Nudge all work as expected, and there was no issue to resolve in the first place.

• Disjoin, taken literally as a word, simply meants to disconnects some restraint between two components. If the component isn’t locked or pinned, this would typically refer to the dimension strings.
• Unchecking Disjoin switches the Move command to Drag mode. Drag mode is essentially a simplified version of Move, even sharing the same icon.

The behavior of Move with and without Disjoin has been consistent for as long as I can remember. While I didn’t use 2024 and I am not sure id any changes were made in that version but I can confirm that in 2025.4, Move/Disjon functions as it always has.

          

In the GIF above, with a clean model containing just one wall, one desk and one dimension string, Revit won't complete the move unless the dimensions are disconnected/disjoined...Only when Disjoin is UNCHECKED, Move switchs to Drag

Edit: Sorry, the reply should have went to @kevinpo  

[ToanDN]

It works the same for every version.  DO NOT CHECK the Disjoin Box.

[seydauzun]

All right, i was wrong

[Mbruno-JDB]

Love this thread.  I hate so much when I try to move something and it wants to delete my tags.  I just end up dragging things.

[RSomppi]

I also recommend putting off annotating until the modeling is finished as much as possible.

[Mbruno-JDB]

Much more often than I would like, I've had extensive revisions, long into CDs.

[RSomppi]

I wonder if @kevinpo, is ever going to chime in.